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Man City signs winger Ferrán Torres in first summer deal
Manchester City has signed Valencia winger Ferrn Torres in its first deal of the summer transfer window.
'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases
Big house parties and weddings, summer camps, concerts, crowded bars and restaurants, shopping trips without masks Americans' resistance to curbs on everyday life is seen as a key reason the U.S. has racked up more confirmed coronavirus deaths and infect...
Brazil, hotbed for COVID-19 vaccine testing, may struggle to produce its own
Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year. Experts say it will take at least twice as long, leaving Brazil reliant on imports to slow the world's secondworst outbreak.
Factbox: Spain's monarchy, beset by scandal, is funded by taxpayers
Spain's Royal House, in the spotlight this week after former king Juan Carlos decided to leave Spain under a cloud of financial scandal, is a publiclyfunded institution created to support the king as the head of state and his family.
Factbox: Spain's monarchy, beset by scandal, is funded by taxpayers
Spain's Royal House, in the spotlight this week after former king Juan Carlos decided to leave Spain under a cloud of financial scandal, is a publiclyfunded institution created to support the king as the head of state and his family.
Germany drops travel warnings for some Turkish provinces - government
Germany has agreed to lift its warning against travelling Turkey to four provinces with low rates of coronavirus infection as part of a deal to help largerscale travel between the two countries resume, the German government said.
Verdicts in Slovak journalist's murder trial delayed to September
A Slovak court has postponed verdicts in the trial of a businessman and others charged with killing an investigative journalist in 2018, a case that shocked the nation and reshaped its political landscape.
After arrest, Zimbabwean novelist decries state "chokehold"
A prizewinning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they endured an economic emergency.
Tropical Storm Isaias kills one as tornadoes threaten U.S. Northeast
Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled Virginia on Tuesday on its way toward Washington and other cities of the U.S. Northeast, and killed at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home park in North Carolina.
Denmark shouldn't reopen clubs and venues as infections rise, state expert says
Denmark should not allow nightclubs and music venues to reopen given a recent increase in COVID19 infections and should pause a planned fourth phase of relaxing its lockdown measures, its state epidemiologist said on Tuesday.
Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge
Philippine police deployed road blocks on Tuesday to enforce a tough new lockdown on about 28 million people in the capital Manila and nearby provinces as the Southeast Asian country reported the region's biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases.
WHO Says China Team Interviewed Wuhan Scientists Over Coronavirus Origins
A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had "extensive discussions" and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
WHO says China team interviewed Wuhan scientists over virus origins
A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had "extensive discussions" and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Thai PM asks student protesters 'not to create chaos'
Thailand's prime minister on Tuesday asked increasingly bold studentled protesters "not to create chaos" after some broke longstanding taboos by openly calling for reform of the constitutional monarchy.